Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Sri Lanka Woodpigeon (Columba torringtoni) - HBW 4, p. 120
French: Pigeon de Ceylan
German: Ceylontaube
Spanish: Paloma de Ceilán
Other common names: Ceylon Woodpigeon
Taxonomy: Palumbus Torringtoni Bonaparte, 1854, Sri Lanka.
Forms a superspecies with C. pulchricollis and C. elphinstonii. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sri Lanka, occurring mainly in the hill country of the interior.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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A probable immature bird, feeding on figs in a tree, at one point hanging up-side down. Locality Kithulgala Forest Reserve, Kithulgala, Central Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 2 years ago 34 sec 4 -
A bird, which is probably an immature, feeding on figs in a tree. Locality Kithulgala Forest Reserve, Kithulgala, Central Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 2 years ago 31 sec 3 -
A bird in a tree, looking back. Locality Horton Plains National Park, Central Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 30 October 2008 2 years ago 34 sec 3
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A perched adult bird.
Locality Hunas Falls, Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 5 August 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
20 Rupees bank note
Locality Sri Lanka
Captain Peter 26 March 1979 1 year ago 2
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